Tuffet chair Elegant, simple and nomadic, the Tuffet reminds of African drums, honey dippers and an era when Americans mingled the formal and the casual the way they mixed martinis. Alternating layers of flexible eva foam and domestic maple plywood allow your hips to sway even while seated. The playful Tuffet has appeared in numerous film and TV venues and is in permanent collections of the NY and SF Museums of Modern Art and that of the Brooklyn Museum.